Finding a rogue screw on your desk and not knowing what it fell out of
Anyone else keep a baggie of random screws they find around the house?
Anyone else keep a baggie of random screws they find around the house?
Well, I've thrown some of those screws out and THEN discovered where they fell out of. And I bet if I hadn't thrown them out then I would have never discovered their origin.
I have an empty Costco container from those peanut butter filled pretzels full of loose screws. I had one for marbles too, but I lost all of those.
On the other side of that there's dropping a screw and not seeing where it went. Especially with the pointy ones.
And that's when you look in the bag of screws hoping to find a twin but all you find is disappointment
I mean... if your room have a lot of stuff then it might take a while to find the source, if you aren't being pranked. But random screws on your desk will never be as horrifying as random maggots on your desk.
I usually keep one handy at all times, just so I can hold it up whenever the time is right and proclaim loudly:
“Anyone wanna screw?!”
Or you take something apart and when you put it back together you have a screw leftover. Then it becomes a game of "find the screw hole".
I got a jar on my desk. Its filled with random bolts and nut from various projects. If I just need a one of I'll search the jar instead of reaching for the sorted bags.
I keep the good looking screws if I'm pulling something apart as well, filled a whole bucket of old screws, bolts, and nuts and it comes in handy often!